Theological Forum Christianity - Islam

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The Theological Forum Christianity - Islam is a scientific network and discussion forum in the field of Christian-Islamic studies, which is located at the Catholic Academy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart . The target group of the forum are theologians , social and cultural scientists (advanced students with a corresponding field of study, doctoral candidates, post-doctoral candidates, professors) who deal with the relationship between Islam and Christianity in research and / or in practical fields of work . According to the Federal Ministry of the Interior , it is “one of the most important forums for Christian-Islamic dialogue in Germany”.

General information

Every year at the Academy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart in the Stuttgart-Hohenheim conference center, a specialist conference of Christian and Muslim scholars takes place with the aim of deepening the dialogue between Christian and Islamic theology in the German-speaking and pan-European context. The aim of the forum is to strengthen the factual discourse and networking among each other.

The circle of invited speakers and participants is made up mainly of Christian theologians of the Roman Catholic , Protestant , Anglican and (Greek) Orthodox denomination, Muslim theologians of Shia and Sunni embossing, Islamic scholars , theologians , but also from other (mostly humanities) disciplines together . Half of the speakers and more than 40% of the approximately 100 participants are of Muslim faith. The speakers and participants usually come from around a dozen European countries.

history

After a phase of exploration (with conferences in 2003 and 2004 with the aim of defining an internal Christian position in the dialogue with Islam), a series of joint conferences between Christians and Muslims began in 2005. The scientific meeting forums, which have been held regularly in early March since then, have been financially supported by the Federal Ministry of the Interior since 2003. In 2009, the Federal Minister of the Interior, Wolfgang Schäuble , opened the forum with an introductory speech on the dialogue between Christians and Muslims.

The preparation and implementation of the events (in an extensive discussion process) is the responsibility of a team of Christian and Muslim scholars.

Since the summer of 2007, the Academy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart - also with the support of the Federal Ministry of the Interior - has also been organizing an annual Christian-Islamic study week, through which young scientists from Christian-Islamic research fields receive further training and network with one another (via the Christianity Islam Research Colloquium ). The continuous cooperation also results in jointly supported requirements, such as B. the establishment of chairs for the training of imams at state universities in Germany.

Symposia

  • March 4-6, 2005: “In the Name of God…” Theology and practice of prayer in Christianity and Islam
  • March 3 to 5, 2006: Identity through difference? Mutual delimitations in Christianity and Islam
  • March 2-4, 2007: Trial or Prize of Freedom? Suffering and coping with suffering in Christianity and Islam
  • February 29 to March 2, 2008: Responsibility for life. Ethics in Christianity and Islam
  • March 6-8, 2009: “The word is near you ...” Scripture interpretation in Christianity and Islam
  • March 5-7, 2010: testimony, invitation, conversion. Mission in Christianity and Islam
  • March 4 to 6, 2011: “The ever greater God” - ideas of God in Christianity and Islam
  • March 9-11, 2012: The Messengers of God - Prophecy in Christianity and Islam
  • March 1-3, 2013: Church and Ummah. Faith and Community in Christianity and Islam
  • 7th to 9th March 2014: 10 years of the Theological Forum Christianity - Islam. Between belief and science. Theology in Christianity and Islam
  • March 6-8, 2015: Poverty and Justice. Christian and Islamic Perspectives
  • March 4 to 6, 2016: Criticism, contradiction, blasphemy: Inquiries to Christianity and Islam
  • March 3 to 5, 2017: Migration, flight, expulsion - places of Islamic and Christian theology
  • March 9-11, 2018: What power does religion have? Inquiries to Christianity and Islam
  • March 1-3, 2019: Secular and Religious - Challenges for Islamic and Christian Theology

people

The founders of the forum are the Catholic theologians Hansjörg Schmid and Andreas Renz and the Protestant theologian Jutta Sperber. The team now includes several people who design, prepare and conduct the annual conferences and document and process them in the form of publications:

  • Christian Ströbele (Academy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart)
  • Klaus Hock (University of Rostock)
  • Jutta Sperber (University of Münster)
  • Anja Middelbeck-Varwick (Goethe University Frankfurt)
  • Muna Tatari (University of Paderborn)
  • Tobias Specker (Sankt Georgen University)
  • Mohammad Gharaibeh (University of Bonn)
  • Amir Dziri (University of Münster)

Past members of the team include a.

  • Hansjörg Schmid (formerly Academy of the Diocese of Rottenburg-Stuttgart, now University of Friborg, Switzerland)
  • Andreas Renz (Archbishop's Office Munich; LMU Munich)
  • Bülent Ucar (University of Osnabrück)
  • Abdullah Takım (formerly University of Frankfurt / Main, now University of Vienna)
  • Ayşe Başol (University of Frankfurt)
  • Kays Mutlu (University of Bochum)

  • Abdullah Takim and Bishop Gebhard Fürst

  • Participant in the Theological Forum Christianity - Islam 2009

  • Opening speech by Wolfgang Schäuble on the occasion of the Theological Forum Christianity - Islam 2009

  • Panel at the Theological Forum Christianity - Islam 2010

  • Essay award ceremony (study week "Christian-Islamic Relations in a European Context")

Publications

In the meantime, several volumes are available which, in addition to the presentations given at the conferences, also document the discussion processes of the forum.

  • Hansjörg Schmid, Andreas Renz, Jutta Sperber (eds.): Challenge Islam. Inquiries about the Christian self-image (= Hohenheim Protocols, Vol. 60). Stuttgart 2003 ( online version ; PDF; 1.2 MB).
  • Hansjörg Schmid, Andreas Renz, Jutta Sperber (eds.): Salvation in Christianity and Islam. Salvation or Guidance? (= Hohenheim Protocols, Vol. 61). Stuttgart 2004 ( online version ; PDF; 2.9 MB).
  • Hansjörg Schmid, Andreas Renz, Jutta Sperber (eds.): "In the name of God ..." Theology and practice of prayer in Christianity and Islam . Pustet , Regensburg 2006, ISBN 978-3-7917-1994-8 .
  • Hansjörg Schmid, Andreas Renz, Jutta Sperber, Duran Terzi (eds.): Identity through difference? Mutual delimitations in Christianity and Islam . Pustet, Regensburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-7917-2065-4 .
  • Andreas Renz, Hansjörg Schmid, Jutta Sperber, Abdullah Takım (eds.): Trial or Price of Freedom? Suffering and coping with suffering in Christianity and Islam . Pustet, Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7917-2113-2 .
  • Hansjörg Schmid, Andreas Renz, Abdullah Takım, Bülent Ucar (eds.): Responsibility for life. Ethics in Christianity and Islam . Pustet, Regensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-7917-2186-6 .
  • Hansjörg Schmid, Andreas Renz, Bülent Ucar (eds.): “The word is close to you…” Scripture interpretation in Christianity and Islam . Pustet, Regensburg 2010, ISBN 978-3-7917-2256-6 .
  • Hansjörg Schmid, Ayşe Başol-Gürdal, Anja Middelbeck-Varwick, Bülent Ucar (eds.): Testimony, invitation, conversion. Mission in Christianity and Islam . Pustet, Regensburg 2011, ISBN 978-3-7917-2322-8 .
  • Andreas Renz, Mohammad Gharaibeh, Anja Middelbeck-Varwick, Bülent Ucar (eds.): The ever greater god. Concepts of God in Christianity and Islam. Pustet, Regensburg 2012, ISBN 978-3-7917-2427-0 .
  • Anja Middelbeck-Varwick, Mohammad Gharaibeh, Hansjörg Schmid, Aysun Yasar (eds.): The messengers of God. Prophecy in Christianity and Islam. Pustet, Regensburg 2013, ISBN 978-3-7917-2484-3 .
  • Hansjörg Schmid, Amir Dziri, Anja Middelbeck-Varwick, Mohammad Gharaibeh (eds.): Church and Umma. Faith community in Christianity and Islam. Pustet, Regensburg 2014, ISBN 978-3-7917-2583-3 .
  • Mohammad Gharaibeh, Esnaf Begic, Hansjörg Schmid, Christian Ströbele (eds.): Between Faith and Science: Theology in Christianity and Islam . Pustet, Regensburg 2015, ISBN 978-3-7917-2671-7 .
  • Christian Ströbele, Anja Middelbeck-Varwick, Amir Dziri, Muna Tatari (eds.): Poverty and Justice. Christian and Islamic Perspectives . Pustet, Regensburg 2016, ISBN 978-3-7917-2775-2 .
  • Christian Ströbele, Mohammad Gharaibeh, Tobias Specker, Muna Tatari (eds.): Criticism, contradiction, blasphemy - inquiries to Christianity and Islam . Pustet, Regensburg 2017, ISBN 978-3-7917-2887-2 .
  • Christian Ströbele, Mohammad Gharaibeh, Anja Middelbeck-Varwick, Amir Dziri (eds.): Migration, Flight, Expulsion - Places of Islamic and Christian Theology . Pustet, Regensburg 2018, ISBN 978-3-7917-2414-0 .

See also

literature

  • Ulrich Dehn : Theological Forum Christianity - Islam . In: Zeitschrift für Religions- und Weltanschauungsfragen 69 (6), 2006, pp. 232–233 (Materialdienst der EZW ).
  • Susanne cap: Conversion in Christianity and Islam. Mission and Dialogue . In: qantara.de ( http://de.qantara.de/Mission-und-Dialog/16308c16512i0p/index.html ).
  • Douglas Pratt: Textual Authority and Hermeneutical Adventure: Three 21st Century Dialogue Initiatives , in: Douglas Pratt, Jon Hoover, John Davies, John Chesworth (eds.): The Character of Christian-Muslim Encounter , Brill, Leiden 2015, 559-578. doi : 10.1163 / 9789004297210_034
  • Douglas Pratt: Christian-Muslim Theological Forum: A German Journey , in: Ders .: Christian Engagement with Islam: Ecumenical Journeys since 1910 , Brill, Leiden / Boston 2017, ISBN 978-90-04-33801-2 , 189–211. doi : 10.1163 / 9789004344945_011
  • Christian W. Troll : Theological Forum Christianity-Islam. Its Significance for the Development of the 'Dialogue of Theological Exchange' and for Christian-Muslim Studies . In: Catarina Belo, Jean-Jacques Pérennès (Eds.): Mission and Dialogue. Essays in Honor of Michael L. Fitzgerald . Éditions Peeters, Louvain - Paris 2012, ISBN 978-90-429-2617-2 , pp. 223-234.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Federal Minister of the Interior at the Theological Forum Christianity-Islam . Communication from the Federal Ministry of the Interior, 2009.
  2. ^ Together in Germany - On the dialogue between Christians and Muslims . Speech by Federal Minister Wolfgang Schäuble on the occasion of the Theological Forum Christianity-Islam on March 6, 2009 in Hohenheim